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News stories about dot-com layoffs and closures have so frequently stormed the business pages that many have become numb to the downside of e-commerce -- and have even stopped thinking about what to do about the decline ...

"It's not a shocker at all," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. "Both companies need this." Kathman added that he believes Amazon will continue to cut deals with brick-and-mortar partners, because real-world alliances are what the company needs "f...

The news reports say that Sex, the domain name, is worth at leastUS$65 million. That's how much a federal judge awarded the rightful owner from the pockets of a cybersquatter who made an estimated $40 million inprofit over a five-year stretch ...

The reason for this disconnect is fairly simple, Jupiter analyst James Van Dyke told the E-Commerce Times. "No one wants to be late to the party," Van Dyke said. "No one wants to be late to launch exciting new products."

Bear Stearns analyst Jeff Fieler told the E-Commerce Times that he believes the optimism about Amazon.com will carry on "Yesterday's report assuaged a lot of the concernsweighing on the stock regarding its ability to get through 2001 in terms ofliquidity and to reach its Q4 go...

Are Americans ready to exchange "I dos" or pay their last respects to loved ones via the Internet? ...

"The implosion of tech companies and the evaporation of their funding is more a symptom of the economic slowdown than a cause," Bob Austrian of Banc of America Securities told the E-Commerce Times On the other hand, Morningstar.com's Joseph Beaulieu does believe that the dot-c...

"I definitely think it's a good thing for Amazon," Jupiter retail analyst HeatherDoughtery told the E-Commerce Times. "Any Internet-only company being able toreport something positive in this skeptical market" certainly has a lot tobe pleased about Doughtery added that Amazon'...

After EMusic announced last week that it had agreed to be acquired by an unnamed suitor, Webnoize researcher Greg Rohda told the E-Commerce Times that EMusic was a desirable acquisition for one of the major labels because of its 10,000 paying customers, its deals with independent record labels, and its experience in offering legitimate digital downloads.

Partner America chairman George Cloutier told the E-Commerce Times that the key for small businesses on the Web is to take it slow and be cautious "You have to use e-commerce carefully," Cloutier said. "Small businesses were just jumping online thinking e-commerce was going to...

The leaders of the Internet world are rushing into the abyss, coming up with new ways to charge users for their once-free services every day. The latest entrant in the pay-to-play derby is Yahoo!, which will offer "premium" financial information for a monthly fee ...

"These battles are often about who has more money and can withstandlitigation the longest," intellectual property attorney and authorRichard Stim told the E-Commerce Times. "The smaller companies may have had the money before,but it's harder for them now." ...

Whoever acquires EMusic will acquire a company with a wealth of experience in the digital download sector. Webnoize researcher Greg Rohda told the E-Commerce Times that EMusic would be a desirable candidate for the record labels because of its 10,000 paying customers, its deals with independent record labels, and its experience in offering legitimate digital downloads.

As the New Economy fights its way into mainstream American commerce, minority-owned businesses are experiencing a struggle similar to the one they have endured offline for years ...

"Napster is alone in being a recognized [digital download] service," Webnoize analyst Matt Bailey told the E-Commerce Times That singleton status will not last much longer if the media giants have a say, however....

Once again, e-commerce is getting just a bit too comfortable with itself. Just when the dot-com shakeup seems to be leveling off, surviving companies are neglecting one of the key issues that could prove to be its undoing: children's privacy ...

"When the money is flowing, no one worries about protecting their rights," James Haggerty, the president of New York-based PR Consulting Group, which specializes in legal issues, told the E-Commerce Times. "But when things start to slow down and heat up, everyone starts looking for answers and ultimately you have disgruntled investors."

Statscan economist Greg Peterson told the E-Commerce Times that the majority of Canadian companies that stopped selling online in 2000 did so because their customers and suppliers were not ready to do business online Among Canadian companies that did not buy or sell online, 56...

If you blinked last month, you might have missed a small item in the news about venerable entertainment trade publication "Variety." The company's Web site, Variety.com has started charging users for content. ...

I'm all for grass-roots efforts to boost awareness of the greatness of the Web, but "Back the Net Day"? ...